Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2021-1124

• Record #: R2021-1124
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 10/14/2021
• Final action: 10/14/2021
• Title: Congratulations extended to Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. on 80th birthday
• Sponsors: Lightfoot, Lori E. , Rodriguez Sanchez, Rossana , Taylor, Jeanette B. , Hadden, Maria E. , Brookins, Jr., Howard, Ervin, Jason C., Scott, Jr. Michael, Austin, Carrie M., Sawyer, Roderick T., Smith, Michele, Tunney, Thomas, Sposato, Nicholas, Lopez, Raymond A., Cappleman, James, Reilly, Brendan, King, Sophia D., Martin, Matthew J. , Waguespack, Scott, Hairston, Leslie A., Dowell, Pat, Mitts, Emma, La Spata, Daniel , Ramirez-Rosa, Carlos, Harris, Michelle A., Villegas, Gilbert, Vasquez, Jr., Andre, Moore, David H., Nugent, Samantha , Cardenas, George A., Rodriguez, Michael D., Silverstein, Debra L., Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Burke, Edward M., Mitchell, Gregory I., Taliaferro, Chris, Valencia, Anna M.

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/14/2021		City Council	Rules Suspended - Immediate Consideration
10/14/2021		City Council	Add Co-Sponsor(s)
10/14/2021	36874	City Council	Adopted

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
LORI E. LIGHTFOOT
October 14. 2021










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL
or mi- city or Chicago


Ladies and Gentlemen:

I transmit herewith, together with Aldermen Rodriguez Sanchez, Taylor, Madden, Brookins. Ervin, Scott, Austin, Sawyer, Smith, Tunney, Sposato, Lopez, Cappleman, Reilly, King, Martin, Waguespack, Hairston, Dowell, Mitts, La Spata, Ramirez Rosa, Harris, Villegas, Vasquez, Moore, Nugent, Cardenas, Rodriguez, Silverstein, Garza, Burke, Taliaferro, Mitchell and City Clerk Valencia, a resolution congratulating civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson on the occasion of his 801'1 birthday.

Your favorable consideration of this resolution will be appreciated.


Very truly yours,

RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Members of the City Council of the City of Chicago wish to extend our congratulations and warmest birthday wishes to the Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., one of America's foremost civil rights, religious, and political figures, in celebration of his eightieth birthday; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Jackson was born on October 8, 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina. Reverend Jackson enrolled in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and later transferred to North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, a historically black university in Greensboro, North Carolina; and
WHEREAS, While attending North Carolina A&T, Reverend Jackson became involved in local civil rights activism, leading protests and sit-ins to desegregate theaters and restaurants in Greensboro; and

WHEREAS, A passionate civil servant, Reverend Jackson met the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1965 and joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Reverend Jackson led the Chicago chapter of SCLC's economic arm, Operation Breadbasket, before becoming its National Director in 1967; and

WHEREAS, Called to serve, Reverend Jackson became an ordained minister in 1968, and he was awarded a Master of Divinity Degree fr...